"Cosmographer" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... rained in torrents. The greater part of the soldiers of the fort were still in bed. Some arose in their shirts, and others, quite naked, begged for quarter; but, in spite of that, more than one hundred and forty were killed. A great Lutheran cosmographer and magician was found among the dead. The rest, numbering about three hundred, scaled the walls, and either took refuge in the forest or on their ships floating in the river, laden with treasures, so that in an hour's time the ...
— Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II - The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 • Various |
